Fountain Hills High School student-athlete state-championship qualifiers and placers were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting. One of the groups honored were members of the Falcon beach volleyball team.
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Fountain Hills High School student-athlete state championship qualifiers and placers were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting. From the left are Coach Ed Tafoya, Nathan Melloy, Colby Wright and Coach Andrea Hall.
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
Fountain Hills High School student-athlete state championship qualifiers and placers were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting. One of the groups honored were members of the Falcon girls basketball team.
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
Fountain Hills Unified School District standout student-athletes were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting.
Present at the meeting were track and field team members and state qualifiers Nathan Melloy and Colby Wright, as well as members of the FHHS baseball and beach volleyball teams, all of whom competed at the state level this spring.
Also honored, belatedly, was the Falcon girls basketball team, which had one of its stronger seasons in recent history in 2024-25.
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Fountain Hills High School student-athlete state-championship qualifiers and placers were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting. One of the groups honored were members of the Falcon beach volleyball team.
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
Fountain Hills High School student-athlete state championship qualifiers and placers were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting. From the left are Coach Ed Tafoya, Nathan Melloy, Colby Wright and Coach Andrea Hall.
Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks
Fountain Hills High School student-athlete state championship qualifiers and placers were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting. One of the groups honored were members of the Falcon girls basketball team.
Fountain Hills Unified School District standout student-athletes were recognized as part of “District Celebrations” at the June 4 FHUSD Governing Board meeting.
Present at the meeting were track and field team members and state qualifiers Nathan Melloy and Colby Wright, as well as members of the FHHS baseball and beach volleyball teams, all of whom competed at the state level this spring.
Also honored, belatedly, was the Falcon girls basketball team, which had one of its stronger seasons in recent history in 2024-25.
The Falcon basketball team wasn’t able to duplicate its lone state-title run of 2014, but FHHS did reach the 2A state quarterfinals, went 23-7 overall and went 7-0 in its region.
Senior Seilah Smith not only was named the region’s player of the year, but was also the program’s first player to score 1,000 points during her varsity career.
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Jason W. Brooks News Editor | Chandler Independent
Jason W. Brooks joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in July 2021 as an associate editor. After a year covering Buckeye, he has covered Chandler since the fall of 2022, in addition to assisting the Daily Independent throughout his time at INI.
Education: University of New Mexico, bachelor of arts in journalism and mass communication, print emphasis, English minor.
Random Fact: He and his siblings witnessed a Space Shuttle launch and landing in the same year in person, on opposite coasts.
Hobbies: Karaoke, bicycling and American Sign Language.
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